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Come on in: Recipes from the Junior League of Jackson, Mississippi

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I reach for this cookbook again and again, as do my friends. I recently hosted a "new recipe" girls night. All of "the girls" were to bring a dish using a recipe they have never tried before, but wanted to. Out of 6 new recipes, four were from this cookbook and they were absolutely devine. I should mention that I made no mention of the cookbook when planning the dinner.

I have prepared many of the recipes, and have loved them all. While some are simple and great for my small family, others are more impressive and just right for entertaining. Truly, this is one of my favorite cookbooks.

In addition to the recipes, the sidebars offer wonderful tips.

This book has all the earmarks of a beautiful "coffee-table" book - it is interesting whether you are a Southerner or not. It is also quite easy to use. As an avid recipe reader, I can always find something here that I have not tried before. It has a "fish guide" in the back that let's you know what types of fish you can substitute in recipes - very helpful! It also gives a new twist on some traditionally great recipes in a style that invites the reader to open up his/her home to guests with ease.

I have tried many recipes in this book and haven't prepared one yet that wasn't delicious. The Tomato Tart, stuffed filet of beef, honey cashew greenbeens...the list goes on! YUMMMMM

I must own over 20 cookbooks and I always come back to this one. Every recipe from this book comes out great! I've given this book to 7 of my friends for Christmas only to find out that they already had one! My favorites include "Tomatoe Tart", "Grilled Asparagus", "Mustard Pork Tenderloin", "Champagne Shrimp", "Walnut Salad", etc... could go on and on. This is a must! Not only has great recipes but the paper and pictures are of the highest quality.

This cookbook has many delicious, easy-to-prepare and well-tested recipes in it. Among my favorite recipes: crawfish cardinale, white bean and feta salad (go lighter on the olive oil), creamy greek salad dressing, garlic chicken with apricot sauce, Aunt Georgia's squash casserole, vanishing blueberry tart, pumpkin cream cheese pie, and the best of the best cakes: hot milk cake with chocolate cream frosting (mixed 2 adjacent recipes). My friends insist that I make this cake for their birthdays every year - you can get creative with the decorations atop the cake. I live in New Orleans, so it may be easier to get some of the ingredients (crawfish, for example) here than elsewhere. My list of favorites doesn't scratch the surface. The photos are beautiful, too. Great book to give friends who enjoy cooking.

What a great cookbook. This is one of my favorites! It certainly is a keeper and have several friends who have ordered it as well!

My husband brought this back for me after he went on a business trip on the coast- I thought it was kind of random at the time, but then I started making some of the recipes in it. It is worth the price for this book for the corn crab bisque recipe alone. We eat it about every other week in winter. One of the things I love about it is that the recipes are slightly different than your average run of the mill southern cookbook, but not super hard either. Definitely recommend!!!